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*README for population in infectious disease areas (dispop.*)*

*Variables in this data set: * population in areas with infectious
disease weighted by 1994 population for: yellow fever (1952 and 1996);
plague (1952); leprosy (1952); visceral leishmaniasis (1954 and 1984);
helminthiasis (1952); dengue fever (1951, and 1975 to 1995);
schistosomiasis (1987); and lymphatic filiriases (1984).

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_Description of data (Word file)_ is a Microsoft Word document
(*dispop-dta.doc*) containing a list of each variable within the
infectious disease area data set, a description of each variable, how
the variable was created, the source of the variable, and any extra notes.

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_Stata do file_ is a program (*dispop.do*) written in Stata to load the
data in *dispop.csv* and create the variable labels etc. in
*dispop.dta*. It can be used as a model to load the data into other
statistical packages besides Stata.

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_Stata data file_ is the Stata data set with the infectious disease data
by country (*dispop.dta*).

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_ASCII file_ is a comma separated value file (*dispop.csv*) of the
infectious disease data that can be opened as a spreadsheet in Excel, or
used in conjunction with the Stata do file (*dispop.do*).

These data sets were created as part of The Center for International
Development?s ongoing research into the role of geography in economic
development (see www.cid.harvard.edu/economic.htm
<http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidglobal/economic.htm>). They have been
created between 1998 and 1999. Please reference CID if you use this data
in a publication.

